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Energy Coast becomes second ever ‘outstanding’ UTC

A university technical college in Cumbria is celebrating after becoming only the second of its kind to be rated…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Merger plans announced for East Riding College and The Grimsby Institute

A college in the Humber has announced plans to merge with one of the largest FE provider’s in the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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IfA blasted for introduction of ‘unfair’ apprenticeship fee

Assessment organisations have hit out at the Institute for Apprenticeships’ “unfair” decision to start charging £40 per learner for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB

Revealed: The 17 winners of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s AEB tender

The providers which have won adult education budget contracts from Greater Manchester Combined Authority have been revealed. The providers…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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WorldSkills 2019: Team UK given send-off at Parliament

Skills minister Anne Milton told 37 of the UK’s best and brightest young skilled people they are about to…

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

Festival of Learning award winners 2019 honoured

A man who left school without being able to read or write and a woman who went from staying…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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IfA’s second funding band review: Another 17 standards signed off

Funding bands for another 17 apprenticeship standards under review by the Institute for Apprenticeships have now been approved –…

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
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College claims three-day strike will have ‘no impact’ on students

A three-day strike over staff cuts and pay will take place at cash-strapped Bradford College this week – but…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Another 10 new providers suspended from taking on apprentices

Ten more new providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices following early Ofsted inspections that found them making…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Ofsted watch: Dismal week for general FE and specialist colleges

It’s been a dire week for general FE and specialist colleges, after Ofsted handed two of the former grade…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

IfA rejects level 2 business admin apprenticeship leaving employers ‘disappointed’ and ‘upset’

A proposal to create a level 2 business support apprenticeship has been rejected outright by the government, with officials…

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

ESFA to stop funding apprentices without an assessment organisation

The government will soon only fund starts on apprenticeship standards that do not have an approved end-point assessment organisation…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor